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California man asks clerk to choose a lottery game for him, ends up picking out a ticket worth $10M
The clerk could have picked a different game, but he didn't. He grabbed a winner.
By Kate Northrop
A California man didn't know which scratch-off lottery ticket to buy, but its thanks to the clerk's selection that he walked out the store holding a ticket worth $10 million.
Brent Young didn't have much of a preference for which lottery ticket he wanted to buy, so he had the clerk pick out a game for him. Suddenly, it mattered a whole lot more the ticket selected for him by the cashie
Oct 20, 2023, 10:12 am - Lottery News
New York woman says she was winner of unclaimed $12 million Lotto jackpot from 1992
It was a comedy of errors.
By Kate Northrop
A New York woman has revealed that she was the winner of a $12 million Lotto jackpot that was never claimed in 1992.
A lottery jackpot on the verge of expiring prompts many players to rifle through their drawers or shuffle the contents of their car glovebox around, searching for that fateful ticket that could change their life forever. For one New York woman, however, she knew she had won even before checking her own ticket, but at that po
Oct 18, 2023, 5:05 pm - Lottery News
Alabama man wins $150,000 a year for life in Florida Lottery
Out-of-state player turns $5 and a trip to Florida into over $2 million
By Kate Northrop
An Alabama resident turned $5 and a trip to Florida into a lottery prize worth $150,000 a year for life.
Gary Thomas, 49, of Dothan, Alabama, ended up leaving the state of Florida a millionaire thanks to a single scratch-off ticket.
On Monday, the Florida Lottery announced that Thomas claimed a top prize worth $150,000 a year for life from a $5 scratch-off game called $150,000 a Year for Life
Oct 17, 2023, 12:14 pm - Lottery News
North Carolina man uses birthdays to win $2 million Powerball lottery prize
Winner says prize was absolutely needed
By Kate Northrop
A North Carolina man won $2 million in a Powerball drawing this week by using numbers that resembled family birthdays.
Robert Crumel of Middlesex says that a $2 million Powerball prize was much needed, and it's thanks to numbers resembling important birthdays that he and his family will get some financial relief.
On Sat., Sept. 30, Crumel entered a lottery drawing that would change his luck for the better. He stopped at th
Oct 6, 2023, 9:07 am - Lottery News
Arkansas woman convinces her friend to play Powerball, wins $100,000 lottery prize
Pair of friends make a pact should one of them win
By Kate Northrop
An Arkansas woman claimed a $100,000 Powerball prize after she and her friend were inspired by the roaring jackpot to play the lottery.
Many casual lottery players make the leap to chip in some cash for big multi-state draw game tickets when the jackpots reach remarkably high amounts. Two Arkansas friends are no different, and now they are ready to spend a $100,000 Powerball prize after making a pact.
Prior to th
Oct 4, 2023, 11:29 am - Lottery News
Michigan man wins $4 million after being unable to buy lottery ticket he originally wanted
It was meant to be after all
By Kate Northrop
A Michigan man won $4 million on a lottery ticket he originally did not want after finding out that the store was sold out of the game he was looking to buy.
An anonymous Michigan lottery player walked into a store wanting to buy a specific type of lottery ticket but had to settle for another kind instead. He ended up winning a $4 million prize because of it.
A Kent County man, who opted to keep his identity hidden, wasn't sure if wha
Oct 2, 2023, 10:22 am - Lottery News
Florida winner of $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot steps forward to claim prize
Sole winner of behemoth jackpot comes forward just before the cash option claims deadline
By Kate Northrop
The winner of the third-largest lottery jackpot in history, the $1.6 billion Mega Millions prize won by one single ticket in Florida last month, has stepped forward to claim the prize.
Officials revealed on Wednesday that the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in August has been claimed, albeit anonymously.
In Florida, lottery winners have 60 days from the draw date to c
Sep 29, 2023, 7:22 am - Lottery News
Virginia man bags $120,000 in Pick 4 with 8-8-8-8 combination
A six-figure prize in one drawing
By Kate Northrop
A Virginia man was lucky 24 times in one drawing, with his Pick 4 number combination pulling off a $120,000 win.
It's common for the payout to be larger in Pick 4 drawings that yield number combinations with the same four numbers, but one Virginia man managed to rake in $120,000 all for himself.
Dennis Fears won the top prize in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 night drawing on August 25 24 times. Every single ticket held the same f
Sep 27, 2023, 7:37 pm - Lottery News
Virginia woman finds two-month-old $100,000 Powerball lottery ticket while rifling through papers
Don't forget where you put your tickets!
By Kate Northrop
A Virginia woman was going through some papers when she came across a forgotten winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000.
Two months after the drawing had taken place, a Virginia woman found a winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000.
An anonymous woman from Springfield, Virginia claimed a $100,000 Powerball prize on Wednesday at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. She was sifting through some papers when she found a
Sep 25, 2023, 11:27 am - Lottery News
$70 million Michigan Powerball winner says lottery winners should be able to remain anonymous
Jackpot winner: winning the lottery is too good to be true because of the fallout that comes after
By Kate Northrop
A $70 million Powerball lottery winner from Michigan, who won the jackpot back in 2020 , has come forward to argue that lottery winners should be able to choose to remain anonymous.
The winner of a $70 million Powerball jackpot feels strongly based on her own experiences that there should be legislation passed allowing lottery winners to claim a prize without revealing
Sep 20, 2023, 5:43 pm - Lottery News